Relationship dossier
Denmark
Israel
Relationship assessment
Treaty-based ties alongside significant political strain over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Denmark toward Israel
+10Denmark has a bilateral tax treaty with Israel, a concrete arrangement for government cooperation. Danish policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is also a source of political strain in the relationship.
Israel toward Denmark
+10Israel has a bilateral tax treaty with Denmark, providing a concrete basis for government cooperation. The scope of Israel’s contemporary bilateral engagement with Denmark beyond this arrangement is unclear.
Overall relationship
0The bilateral relationship includes a durable tax arrangement, but cooperation beyond it is not clear. Political disagreements related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict weigh on the relationship, leaving a mixed overall picture.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Denmark and Israel maintain a bilateral tax treaty, providing a concrete basis for government cooperation. Their relationship also faces political strain over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including the conduct of Israel’s government toward Palestinians. The scope of contemporary bilateral cooperation and the impact of these disputes on government ties are unclear.
Areas of tension
- Disagreements over Israeli policy toward Palestinians and the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Key developments
Denmark and Israel concluded a bilateral tax treaty.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of current bilateral cooperation beyond the tax treaty is unclear.
- The extent to which disputes over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have affected bilateral government engagement is uncertain.